Aylwin Blaxton
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Aylwin Blaxton (Naumarian: Alvin Blakton) called The Writer of Memoirs for his extensive history during the reign of King Marius I of Haense up to the proclamation of Peter II, Holy Orenian Emperor, was a prominent diplomatic figure prior and after the Great Northern War and Greyspine Rebellion. He is also known as The Regicide for being the Assassin of Lothar I of Lotharingia, on the orders of Queen Anna of Lotharingia.
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Beginning
Aylwin Blaxton's early history is largely unknown, due to him being raised as a lowly commoner in the Kingdom of Haense around the reign of King Marius 'the Good', working on the lands occupied by the House of Amador in the Barony of Mondstadt. What is known is that Aylwin cultivated a relationship with Dorm Amador, a distant kinsman to the then Baron of Mondstadt Owyn Amador. This connection brought Aylwin into prominence as he was sent by the Baron to ensure friendly relations with the Kingdom of Lotharingia, via connections at court through the Baron's Mother, Anna Sophia.
Scandal
Circa 1590, Aylwin Blaxton and his patron, Baron Owyn Amador were arrested by Otto Barbanov & Boris Ruthern, on suspicion of High Treason against King Marius I. However, after a court hearing within Karlsburg, both men were acquitted. Testimony against the two men was never released to the general public, citing suspicions of falsified evidence or political intrigue.
Great Northern War
It is known that Aylwin Blaxton fought in the Great Northern War alongside the bannermen of the House of Amador, suffering injuries after battles within the Greyspine pass, Vasiland & Serpentstone Castle. It is believed that during his time of recovery, he continued to work in the service of House Amador within the Kingdom of Lotharingia, spending time with the Amador Family and their now-protector, Anna Sophia. His work appeared to be relatively mundane, imploring the Tobias of Courland to return the County of Mondstadt after it had been seized in the war.
Assassination of Lothar I d'Amaury
It would appear that, after his benefactors had lost their ancestral seat, Aylwin Blaxton played a more crucial role for Anna Sophia within the Barony of Ostwick than for the Amador's themselves. The Kingdom of Lotharingia, ruled by Lothar I of Lotharingia, was in a slow and steady decline.. The boiling point for the King's remaining two vassals, the House of Horen-Preussens and the House of Ashford de Anjou, was the tearing down of the capital city, Metz, for a massive reconstruction that seemed ill-managed. Serving as the young Preussens' chamberlain, It is claimed that Aylwin conspired to place Anna upon the throne as Queen. This coup took place at the Barony of Ostwick, where Lothar I was led naively to an isolated room and then stabbed twice in the neck.
Anna Sophia's year-long reign as the Queen of Lotharingia would end in 1607, when d'Amaury Loyalists led by Ser Hornigold broke into Ostwick Keep and murdered the Queen in kind. Her lands and titles would pass to her brother Frederick, who would aid in the restoration of the Holy Orenian Empire under Peter II, Holy Orenian Emperor. It is rumored that the pair conspired to have the Princess killed, as they only required the amount of lands that encompassed a part of her kingdom to reform the Imperial throne. What is known is that Aylwin Blaxton was rewarded handsomely, first with a new position as Chancellor of Hochspitze, then with the Viscounty of Dithmarschen in 1612 (later renamed Brabant), independently seated within Pruvian lands, where he would eventually vassalise back under Owyn "Iron-Fist" Amador.
Aylwin Blaxton would later serve out the rest of his life peacefully residing in the Viscounty of Brabant, within a small stout Keep known as Blackwell, surrounded by family and servants.
Over the course of his time as a Diplomat and Chamberlain, he had carried on a correspondence with another commoner named Erin Lockley, a young woman of minor wealth who owned her own farm and sold the produce within Hanseti-Ruska. The pair were married at Hochspitze on 1st of The Amber Cold, 1616. It was reportedly a happy marriage, but sadly ended just a year later when both Aylwin and Erin Blaxton suspiciously died on 2nd of Sun's Smile, 1617.
Historical Consensus
Around the turn of the Second Age, Kazimar I, Count of Otistadt discovered the ‘Memoirs of Aylwin Blaxton’, an autobiographical account of Aylwin's Life, by chance, saving them from almost being burnt. He rehabilitated the Haeseni courtier and diplomat's reputation, not as a savvy political character, nor by approving of the Regicide that he committed, but by providing a thorough account of the Kingdom of Haense's History during a dark and troubling period. Having served the majority of the life under the service of the Amador family, as well as numerous ambassador and high-council positions, the Ludovar wrote:
"His memoirs record a typically shunned part of history, revealing the complicated political scene of the Marian court and the struggles and exploits of the Haeseni émigrés during the Coalition Wars and brief occupation period. Later in his life, Aylwin settled in Pruvia and retained high positions in the principality and died shortly before the Pruvian Inheritance to King Stefan of Haense... it made him [Aylwin] of critical historical importance, chronicling a period of lessened literary creation."
Blakton, Aylwin. The Memoirs of Aylwin Blaxton. vol. 1-8, Reza: Hieromar Ludovar, 276 ES. Reprint. were then used in examinations for the Hanseni Civil service, with prospective students being asked to study the period relating to the memoirs, their bias and their potential reliability as a historical source. Historian Viktor Kortrevich later wrote a historical biography of King Marius I using Aylwin Blaxton's Memoirs as source material, to analyse the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska's Tax policies and King Marius' Just Nature, concerning Aylwin & Owyn's Court Trial. In 1838, he would liken the memoirs to a critical source of Hanseni Culture for decades to come.
